{"id":283501,"date":"2023-02-03T12:31:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T12:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/03\/my-new-badminton-hero-sunil-gavaskar-praises-lakshya-sen-badminton-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-02-03T12:31:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T12:31:33","slug":"my-new-badminton-hero-sunil-gavaskar-praises-lakshya-sen-badminton-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/03\/my-new-badminton-hero-sunil-gavaskar-praises-lakshya-sen-badminton-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;My new badminton hero&#8217;: Sunil Gavaskar praises Lakshya Sen | Badminton News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-97582779,imgsize-26622.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: A star-struck <!-- -->Lakshya Sen<!-- --> couldn&#8217;t believe his eyes when the legendary <!-- -->Sunil Gavaskar<!-- --> dropped in at the <!-- -->Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy<!-- --> (PPBA) in Bengaluru to meet him and the youngsters.<br \/>The 73-year-old Gavaskar, a member of the 1983 World Cup-winning cricket team, paid a visit to the academy during a regular trip to the city on Thursday.<br \/>&#8220;He had a meeting in Bengaluru and decided to meet the young aspiring kids of the academy. <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/badminton\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_badminton\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Badminton<\/a> and cricket are two of his favourite sports. He was here with us for about an hour,&#8221; <!-- -->Vimal Kumar<!-- -->, co-founder, director and chief coach of the PPBA, told PTI.<br \/>Gavaskar later posted a picture with Lakshya Sen on Instagram and captioned it: &#8220;My new badminton hero Lakshya Sen, after the one and only Prakash Padukone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The legendary cricketer had hailed Padukone several times while doing cricket commentary over the years, saying he is one of India&#8217;s greatest sportspersons.<br \/>Sen, who has been one of India&#8217;s most prolific sportspersons in 2022, said he was too starstruck to react.<br \/>&#8220;It feels good to hear such things from such big personalities. Honestly, I was too starstruck to react,&#8221; Sen told PTI.<br \/>The 21-year-old from Almora won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the India Open Super 500. He was also a member of the historic Thomas Cup win. He also won silver at the All England Championships and is also the winner of the 2021 World Championships bronze medal.<br \/>&#8220;Gavaskar sir spoke about the Thomas Cup win. I have heard so much about him from my parents and all the seniors. Also when I watched the movie &#8217;83&#8217;, I got to know what went behind that epic win,&#8221; he said.<br \/>&#8220;I can relate to it now, essentially after the Thomas Cup win because back then they were the underdogs and in Thomas Cup, it was us.&#8221;<br \/>India had claimed their first-ever Thomas Cup, beating Indonesia 3-0 in the final at Bangkok in May last year.<br \/>Asked what Gavaskar discussed with the budding shuttlers, Vimal said, &#8220;He also gave some tips to the youngsters, asking them to analyse what went right in a day to get the best out of training.<br \/>&#8220;Gavaskar and Prakash are two self-taught heroes of Indian sport, so coming from him means a lot.&#8221;<br \/>Gavaskar&#8217;s love for badminton is well-known. He was the co-owner of Mumbai Masters, a franchise which made the last-four of the inaugural Indian Badminton League (IBL).<br \/>Whenever the former cricketer is in Mumbai, and is able to spare time from his busy commentary schedule, he makes it a point to play a few games of badminton.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n                      };\n                      if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                      n.push = n;\n                      n.loaded = !0;\n                      n.version = '2.0';\n                      n.queue = [];\n                      t = 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